Massood Towhidnejad
Professor of Software Engineering
- Role
- President at Mak Group Llc
- Location
- Daytona Beach, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Massood Towhidnejad
Massood Towhidnejad is a tenure full professor of software engineering and chair of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He has been involved in research activities in the areas of software engineering, software quality assurance and testing, autonomous systems, and human factors. He has collaborated with NASA, NOAA, FAA, VERITAS Corp, Motorola Corp, Carrier Corp, and Lockheed Martin. He secured about nine million dollar funding as PI and over nine million dollar as Co-PI. He published over eighty technical reports, journal articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings. In addition to his university position, he served as the President of MAK Group Software Consulting and Assessment company. Previously he served as Visiting Researcher at Federal Aviation Administration, Faculty Fellow at NASA Goddard Flight Research Center, and Software Quality Assurance Manager at Carrier Corporations. He has contributed as an author for Graduate Software Engineering Reference Curriculum (GSwERC), Software Engineering Competency Model (SWECOM), Certified Software Development Associate (CSDA) training material, Body of Knowledge and Curriculum to Advance Systems Engineering (BKCASE), Graduate Reference Curriculum for System Engineering (GRCSE). He is an ABET program evaluator for Computing Accreditation Commission. He is a senior member of and member of the professional activity board software and system sub-committee.During his tenure at the university, he has served in a number of leadership positions in the department, college, and university, including chair of Computer & Software Engineering department, and director of NextGeneration ERAU Applied Research (NEAR) lab.Specialties: Software Quality Assurance & TestingSoftware Process ImprovementSoftware RequirementSoftware Engineering Education and TrainingUnmanned Autonomous System
Experience
President
Jan 2003 — Present · Orlando, FL, US
MAK Group LLC (https://mak-group.com) provides Software Consulting, Training and Assessment services throughout the world. Our consultants have many years of experience as engineers and educators, and have been training professionals in many areas software and systems engineering. We have been involved in assessments and evaluation of software engineering organizations. In addition, many of our consultants are active members of ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) and some have previously served as commissioner on one of the ABET commissions.
Education
Kharazmi High School
High School Diploma, Mathematics
1970 — 1976
University of Central Florida
1990, Computer Engineering
1978 — 1990
University of Central Florida
MSE, Electrical Engineering
1982 — 1986
University of Central Florida
Ph.D, Computer Engineering
1986 — 1990
University of Central Florida
BSE, Electrical Engineering
1979 — 1990
Skills
- Artificial Intelligence
- Program Management
- Research
- R&D
- Integration
- Process Simulation
- Leadership
- Process Development
- University Teaching
- Software Development
- Process Improvement
- Software Engineering
- Software Quality Assurance
- Requirements Management
- Management
- Quality Assurance
- Systems Engineering
- Testing
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